“On current form, both teams will probably lose.” FormLosesTeamFootballCurrentsManagersSoccerChairman Author:Aidy Boothroyd
“I signed schoolboy forms for Watford when I was 12, but then my parents got divorced, and I never kicked a ball for three years. I rebelled, I left home, but getting back into football sorted me out. It was the second chance I needed.” YearsHomeFormThreeLeftParentChanceFootballNeededBallsThree YearsDivorcedSecond Chance Author:Vinnie Jones
“My childhood proved to me that there could be no enjoyment of football without community. But it becomes difficult when this community is having problems with its identity. That's when we experience all possible forms of nationalist exaggeration.” ProblemFormDifficultCommunityChildhoodIdentityFootballEnjoymentExaggeration Author:Orhan Pamuk
“I've still got Paul Scholes' shirt at home which I swapped with him once. When I was at Liverpool he was one of the players I liked most. Maybe he's not valued as much as he should be in England because of the style of football there and because he keeps a low profile. Perhaps he would have been more valued in Spain, where midfielders like him form part of the 'ideal.' Fans in Spain rate him very highly and I admire him a huge amount.” ShouldHas BeensStillsHomeFormPlayerFansStyleFootballHugeAmountLowsIdealsEnglandRateAdmireShirtsSpainProfileLiverpoolScholesPaul ScholesMidfielders Author:Xabi Alonso
“There is no one quite as popular in any form of football as the backup QB.” FormFootballBackup Author:Verne Lundquist
“To do anything to a high level it has to be total obsession. Ask José Mourinho, he wouldn't know a thing about me, my sport - he knows football, and to get to high levels you have to be insane, nothing else means anything. I respect all forms of movement and lifestyles, but I am in a bubble. I wake up, it is in my head; I go to sleep, it's in my head, 24/7.” KnowsMeanFormAsksSportsSleepLevelsMovementFootballWake UpLifestyleObsessionInsaneBubblesGoing To SleepHigh LevelMourinho Author:Conor McGregor
“A lot of people have lost interest in watching England play. To get motivated to watch international football, you need your country to be having some form of success and England haven't had any for a long time now.” PeopleNeedsLongCountryPlayFormLostInterestWatchesHavensFootballLong TimeEnglandInternationalMotivated Author:Michael Owen
“I developed a mechanism so that whatever mistakes I made, I would bounce straight back. Whatever was happening off the pitch, I could put it to one side and maintain my form. Call it mental resilience or a strong mind, but that is what we mean when we talk about experience in a football team.” MindMeanMadeFormStrongSidesMistakeTeamFootballHappeningsResilienceMechanismBounceFootball TeamInspirational TeamStrong MindStrong Minded Author:Gary Neville
“To me, football is so much about mental toughness, it's digging deep, it's doing whatever you need to do to help a team win and that comes in a lot of shapes and forms.” NeedsHelpingFormWinningTeamFootballShapesDiggingToughnessMental ToughnessDigging Deep Author:Tom Brady